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what's up brian Tong here and welcome to the apple pie for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple plus we have a big prize giveaway now it's been pretty quiet on the Apple news front this week and it's the galaxy s4 that's going to get a lot of the attention with its rumored 5-inch screen 13 megapixel camera and quad-core processor with potential I tracking software but we'll obviously know what the big a is up against after the official announcement now it's important because we talked about how Apple will need a response and it probably won't happen until later in the summer when I'm working on my tan just like that guy now the China Times reports that Taiwanese chip firm chip bond has been selected to provide a number of components for the iphone 5s including chips that will support a fingerprint sensor and near-field communications capabilities this is exactly the combination of tech that I used in Japan in 2003 yes you heard me right 2003 that still hasn't arrived in the US now the fingerprint sensor is for security to unlock the NFC functionality for mobile payments apple acquired mobile security firm authentic last year to presumably integrate fingerprint security into their own products and we'll see if this makes it into the next iPhone now in digit times rumors that pretty much used the throw spaghetti on the wall and see what sticks method have also chimed in that it expects Apple will add wireless charging to their 2013 flagship phone now I'm leaning towards probably not on this one right now also rumors have stated that Foxconn has already started production on the new iphone 5s and guess what it's a rumor that any one of us could have made up so guys for the record if you believe what you hear the iphone 5s will have all the unique features of other flagship phones combined it's a one package that looks like last year's phone now we've beat up Siri a lot on the show and for good reason but recently a leaked video from google which has been taken down show case Google now for iOS is coming soon this is Google's own assistant that gives you recommendations for best local travel routes sports scores or restaurant recommendations and it uses Google superior voice recognition now the video also implies that the Google now feature will be part of the current google search app so we'll keep watching this unless Apple rejects it which they shouldn't also apple streaming music service is still a long ways out and in news that happened last week a New York Post report says Apple approached music labels and offered what they considered to be a low ball royalty rate for a streaming service Apple's initial offer was six cents for every 100 songs streamed according to their sources now that's half of Pandora's 12 cents per 100 songs a service that's struggling to make money an online service iHeartRadio that's backed by terrestrial radio stations pays 22 cents per 100 songs and then you have spotify which pays the highest rate at 35 cents per 100 songs streamed now Apple plans to bundle it with their itunes match service and we don't know other specifics of the potential deal but apple's starting that low they just look like that cheap guy on the first date who's getting nothing at the end of the night now the report says the music labels have rejected the initial offer not surprisingly and both sides are preparing their counter offers okay guys let's check out some quick bites if you like your iphone you like cases and you like Iron Man like a lot check out the pre-order from Brando for this Iron Man iphone case based off his mark 7 armor design that has a white LED light that shines on the back side and an opening shoulder camera cover it will cost forty nine dollars in I'm ordering mine immediately to match my awesome costume and in a fun article by ARS technica they have a photo gallery of one of the earliest prototypes of the iphone from 2005 that included a five by seven inch screen it was roughly two inches thick with USB ports and Ethernet port and a serial port not that kind of cereal the one you might find on a computer see Apple was the first company to make a phone tablet or seven-inch tablet so take that same seung cee i just want to let you guys know some of the emails I get from people every day and my name is Brian not same summer okay let's do our quick gelaskins contest giveaway on Twitter my Apple biter Chris pasi asked me I need a sweet skin for my ipad mini where can I find some cool unique skins Chris I happen to still have an ipad mini skin it's a little more Norman Rockwell style for you but you all know gelaskins calm is my place to go so we're giving out five fifty dollar gift codes that's right 50 bucks for anything on their site and this is no joke so all you have to do is tell us if you could change or add one thing to the apple byte what would it be think hard send us your emails to the alpha beta sina com or your tweets to me at brian Tong and will read your responses and our winners next week alright guys that's gonna do it for this week's episode keep sending us emails and i'll respond to as many as i can i'm brian Tong thanks for watching and we'll catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple you